Nunufyor B. Swachs
@flavorfree.bsky.social
Here I will be swearing about things and in such a way that would look bad on my CV. Hobbies include not wanting to go to work and reading too much.
I'm a moon enjoyer.
the full moon is a perfect time to reflect on how great the moon is and all the things the moon has done for your life.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I'm a moon enjoyer.
Normal. Country.
NEW: Tina Peters' attorney warns judges "If you're a traitor to this country, you don't get excused because you have a black robe."
Attorney Peter Ticktin and MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann spoke today of their shared vision of military tribunals and executions.
Attorney Peter Ticktin and MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann spoke today of their shared vision of military tribunals and executions.
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Normal. Country.
Are there contemporaneous fictionalized accounts on the Dutch tulip craze? What's the first economic bubble that receives literary treatment?
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Are there contemporaneous fictionalized accounts on the Dutch tulip craze? What's the first economic bubble that receives literary treatment?
I'm just so sick of having to think of AI and Donald Trump ALL THE TIME.
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'm just so sick of having to think of AI and Donald Trump ALL THE TIME.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/city-council...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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UPDATE: SCOTUS overturns
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
UPDATE: SCOTUS overturns
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
What passes for "entertainment" these days is truly bleak.
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
What passes for "entertainment" these days is truly bleak.
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The Supreme Court of the United States is an illegitimate body, and every Democrat should run on negating and replacing it
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Supreme Court of the United States is an illegitimate body, and every Democrat should run on negating and replacing it
They just fucking move on to the next thing. They don't even challenge this stuff. It's incredible. Look how uncomfortable everyone behind him is, too. Fucking cowards. Pathetic.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
They just fucking move on to the next thing. They don't even challenge this stuff. It's incredible. Look how uncomfortable everyone behind him is, too. Fucking cowards. Pathetic.
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Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
I fall asleep when I listen to fairy tales and bedtime stories, too.
Donald Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake for the second time in a month on Tuesday.
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds.
w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I fall asleep when I listen to fairy tales and bedtime stories, too.
Passing a Voight-Kampff to get a $3000 summer stipend.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Passing a Voight-Kampff to get a $3000 summer stipend.
Again: CEO is not a real job. Automate jobs out of existence starting from the top. Euthanize the rentier class.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Again: CEO is not a real job. Automate jobs out of existence starting from the top. Euthanize the rentier class.
Wondering if one of the 99% of jobs AI is going to eliminate includes digging my car out of the snow and salting my walkway.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wondering if one of the 99% of jobs AI is going to eliminate includes digging my car out of the snow and salting my walkway.
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This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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It's very helpful to remember: we organized and we won a lot of good shit.
That scared entrenched power shitless, and this moment is that hierarchy's struggle to reassert itself.
If we beat it back and demand a rebuilding that is liberatory, we can win even better shit.
That scared entrenched power shitless, and this moment is that hierarchy's struggle to reassert itself.
If we beat it back and demand a rebuilding that is liberatory, we can win even better shit.
Like, very obviously, many things have improved! My kids get accommodations in school that would have been unthinkable in the 90s! Gay marriage is, right now, legal! If you spend all day thinking about how much worse things are you're basically talking yourself into being a reactionary
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It's very helpful to remember: we organized and we won a lot of good shit.
That scared entrenched power shitless, and this moment is that hierarchy's struggle to reassert itself.
If we beat it back and demand a rebuilding that is liberatory, we can win even better shit.
That scared entrenched power shitless, and this moment is that hierarchy's struggle to reassert itself.
If we beat it back and demand a rebuilding that is liberatory, we can win even better shit.
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Me: You're telling me that you need two fresh loaves of sourdough bread by tomorrow evening, or terrorists are going to blow up the world?
CIA Director: [Nods]
Me: And all the bakeries are closed?
President: [Nods]
Me, to my wife: Babe. Get my starter out of the fridge.
Wife: But--
Me: DO IT!
CIA Director: [Nods]
Me: And all the bakeries are closed?
President: [Nods]
Me, to my wife: Babe. Get my starter out of the fridge.
Wife: But--
Me: DO IT!
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Me: You're telling me that you need two fresh loaves of sourdough bread by tomorrow evening, or terrorists are going to blow up the world?
CIA Director: [Nods]
Me: And all the bakeries are closed?
President: [Nods]
Me, to my wife: Babe. Get my starter out of the fridge.
Wife: But--
Me: DO IT!
CIA Director: [Nods]
Me: And all the bakeries are closed?
President: [Nods]
Me, to my wife: Babe. Get my starter out of the fridge.
Wife: But--
Me: DO IT!
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![According to filings at the superior court of the state of California on Tuesday, OpenAI said that “to the extent that any ‘cause’ can be attributed to this tragic event” Raine’s “injuries and harm were caused or contributed to, directly and proximately, in whole or in part, by [his] misuse, unauthorised use, unintended use, unforeseeable use, and/or improper use of ChatGPT”.
It said that its terms of use prohibited asking ChatGPT for advice about self-harm and highlighted a limitation of liability provision that states “you will not rely on output as a sole source of truth or factual information”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreidkkhfjzsktr55f3kl344uyouzfnqqdp54lcuhn2zdbbgb6nbljf4@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Administrators gave themselves uncapped "performance" raises while the rest of us have a 4/4 load, no research or travel support, and no way to fill lines left empty by retirements.
Administrators got housing stipends while most of us can't afford to live near the institutions we work at.
Administrators got housing stipends while most of us can't afford to live near the institutions we work at.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Administrators gave themselves uncapped "performance" raises while the rest of us have a 4/4 load, no research or travel support, and no way to fill lines left empty by retirements.
Administrators got housing stipends while most of us can't afford to live near the institutions we work at.
Administrators got housing stipends while most of us can't afford to live near the institutions we work at.